She’s Baccccccccck! Two goals to lead U.S. in East Hartford, Ct. U.S. Women’s National Team forward Alex Morgan scored her first international goals in seven months as she helped FIFA’s # 1-ranked USA overcome two deficits to earn a 2-2 draw against #4 France in front of 14,695 fans at Rentschler Field. The U.S. WNT […]
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Woody’s Blog #5….June 19, 2014
The first day of the end of the Cup for some teams. Even though they may be playing well, a second loss means teams are not going on. Australia, thought playing well is now out even though they have one more game to play. Amazingly, Spain, the championship of everything for the last four years […]
Woody’s Blog #4….June 17, 2014
Last night the USA soccer team made history. Finally, beating Ghana on our third try in a World Cup game. Dempsey’s goal after 28 seconds into the game was a fantastic start and made the Brazilian TV highlights even before the game was over. Your TV coverage will let you know before we will know […]
Woody’s Blog #3….June 15, 2014
Soccer goes on all day, and I am stuck in Miami after not getting away on my flight to Brazil in time to catch up with Reggie in Rio. My flight is scheduled for tonight, but I will not get a flight to Natal in time to see the U.S. play Ghana. Reggie made it […]
Woody’s Blog #2….June 14, 2014
In case any of you doubted me about going to the Cup the first two weeks because there is soccer all day every day, I hope you have had a chance to watch some of the first three days of games. All of the games so far have been pretty well played and the number […]
Jill Ellis and new kits debut for US WNT in Tampa….By Jeremy Rasmussen
There were a number of debuts on June 14 as the US Women’s National Soccer Team returned to Florida for an international friendly against France at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. The Sunshine State has been a favorite venue of the US women, as they have played five international friendlies here since 2012. However, it […]
USA Grinds Out World Cup Win
The U.S. Men’s National Team slayed the Grim Reaper to open the 2014 FIFA World Cup, beating Ghana, 2-1, in the group of Death. Ghana had been the team that eliminated the Americans in the last two World Cups. Clint Dempsey gave his team a 1-0 lead just 34 seconds into the game. It was the sixth […]
Woody’s Blog #1….June 12, 2014
It’s time for the trip to actually begin. Last Monday our visas came from the Brazillian Embassy. We made copies of the passports and visas and emailed them in color to Mauricio in Rio. On Tuesday Mauricio notified us that he was successful picking up our tickets to the three US games. On Wednesday we […]
Woody Harrison at the World Cup
Woody Harrison and his son Reggie have traveled to the last six FIFA World Cups. He’s been to Korea/Japan, Germany, France, South Africa and is in Brazil for World Cup 2014. The shortest World Cup trip was in 1994 when the U.S. hosted. Games were a reasonable drive from Woody’s home in Wilson, N.C. An […]
U.S. Beats Nigeria For Sendoff Sweep
With the final whistle that brought the USA’s 2-1 win over Nigeria to a close, World Cup prepaations became history and all eyes turned to Brazil. The victory gave the U.S. a 3-0 Sendoff Series record, including the 2-0 win over Azerbaijan and the 2-1 win over Turkey. It is significant that of the three, […]